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Source 2

Source 2 is a video game engine developed by Valve. The engine was announced in 2015 as the successor to the original Source engine, with the first game to use it, Dota 2, being ported from Source that same year. Other Valve games such as Artifact, Dota Underlords, Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike 2, and Deadlock have been produced with the engine.

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Developer
Valve
License
Proprietary
Predecessor
Source
Release
September 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09)
Written in
C++

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Source 2

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples31
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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Source 2

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related to history · 22
Source 2 → API, At, Dead, Dota, Episode Two, Gabe Newell, Game Developers Conference, Half-Life, Havok, Images, Left, Plans, Rubikon, Sergiy Migdalskiy, Source, Steam, Steam Workshop, The, There, This
Developer · 1
Source 2 → Valve
License · 1
Source 2 → Proprietary
Predecessor · 1
Source 2 → Source
Release · 1
Source 2 → September 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09)
Written in · 1
Source 2 → C++
is a · 1
Source 2 → video game engine developed by Valve

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engine source valve game dota 2015 games first use half-life announced original alyx artifact release 2014 developers used tools also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Source 2DeveloperValve1.00infobox
Source 2LicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Source 2PredecessorSource1.00infobox
Source 2ReleaseSeptember 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09)1.00infobox
Source 2Written inC++1.00infobox
Source 2is avideo game engine developed by Valve0.90text
Artifactinstance ofOther Valve games0.80text
Dota Underlordsinstance ofOther Valve games0.80text
Half-Lifeinstance ofOther Valve games0.80text
Source 2related to historyPlans0.60section
Source 2related to historySource0.60section
Source 2related to historyHalf-Life0.60section

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